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My Comment on Tech Quotes’ “Here’s the whole truth .. almost!!” Video

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Feel free to watch the video by clicking here. English subtitles are included for those who don’t know Egyptian Arabic.

 

With the crap that happened with Hardware Unboxed, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they would crap on ME tech reviewers, too. I remember a British customer of mine (I met through Fiverr) who’s originally from Egypt (coincidentally) telling me about how he was instructed to sell high-end smartphones to those who may never need it, particularly the elderly; he was so disgusted by that that he had to quit, and I didn’t blame him for it at all — if anything, I was actually appalled. I can’t be the only one who sees a clear resemblance between forcing employees to sell products that a certain group of people don’t need, and forcing tech reviewers to remove videos that they worked on for days or weeks just because there was something about it they didn’t like. Last I checked, reviewers don’t work for these companies, and usually, when there’s a clear-as-day corporate shill, their content is uploaded to the main company’s channel — that Dutch dude from MSI comes to mind. It’s hilarious how these ME representatives (accidentally wrote “represensitives” at first; how fitting!) refer to certain videos as “sponsored” as if somehow letting you borrow hardware is a form of payment — no wonder many YouTubers end up recycling content they don’t own for a quick buck. Even by that flawed logic, asking a reviewer to take down a video is the equivalent of not paying someone after the job’s done, and of course, the fact that it’s a review, and not actually a job, the company representative has no right to be like, “I don’t like this. Take it down.” If the video is actually sponsored, then it depends on the terms discussed beforehand, which can easily show whether a company or the people working in it have a backbone or not. I get that companies want to make money, and aggressive marketing, and coercion is a part of it, but isn’t it smarter — in the long run — to let reviewers give their honest opinion on things? Won’t that help companies make better products? Or do they have to sell all kinds of worthless crap (11th-gen CPUs come to mind. Thanks, Steve!) to appease the shareholders as if that’s the only thing that really matters? I refuse to believe that companies can only succeed by throwing integrity out the window, and I can’t help but think that these pathetic representatives want a raise so badly that they don’t really care what they have to do to get it. I also love how they somehow think that not mentioning a certain brand will make us enthusiasts forget about said brand’s existence. These shady business practices really need to stop; all they do is make jobs harder for everyone involved sooner or later. At this point, fake apologies only add fuel to the fire. As I always say, “Your apology means nothing to me. Just have enough decency to do better next time.”